D771 

Wednesday, July 25, 2012 

Daily Digest 

HIGHLIGHTS 

Senate passed S. 3412, Middle Class Tax Cut Act. 

Senate 

Chamber Action 

Routine Proceedings, pages S5321–S5418 

Measures Introduced: Fourteen bills and one resolution were introduced, as follows: S. 3430–3443 

and S. Con. Res. 54. Page S5381 

Measures Passed: 

Middle Class Tax Cut Act: By 51 yeas to 48 

nays (Vote No. 184), Senate passed S. 3412, to 

amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief to middle-class families, after agreeing 

to the motion to proceed, and taking action on the 

following amendment proposed thereto: 

 Pages S5321–57 

Rejected: 

By 45 yeas to 54 nays (Vote No. 183), Hatch/ 

McConnell Amendment No. 2573, in the nature of 

a substitute. Pages S5352–53 

A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, be withdrawn. Page S5352 

Sopuruchi Chukwueke: Senate passed S. 285, for 

the relief of Sopuruchi Chukwueke, after agreeing to 

the committee amendment. Pages S5412–13 

Sequestration Transparency Act: Senate passed 

H.R. 5872, to require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget 

Control Act of 2011 on January 2, 2013. Page S5413 

Measures Considered: 

Cybersecurity Act—Cloture: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of 

S. 3414, to enhance the security and resiliency of the 

cyber and communications infrastructure of the 

United States. Pages S5357–67 

A motion was entered to close further debate on 

the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, 

and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII 

of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Friday, July 27, 2012. 

 Pages S5357, S5413 

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: 

Ranee Ramaswamy, of Minnesota, to be a Member 

of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2018. 

A routine list in the Public Health Service. 

 Pages S5413–18 

Messages from the House: Page S5370 

Measures Referred: Page S5370 

Measures Placed on the Calendar: 

 Pages S5321, S5370 

Petitions and Memorials: Pages S5370–80 

Executive Reports of Committees: Pages S5380–81 

Additional Cosponsors: Pages S5381–83 

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

 Pages S5383–S5401 

Additional Statements: Pages S5368–70 

Amendments Submitted: Pages S5401–11 

Notices of Hearings/Meetings: Page S5411 

Authorities for Committees to Meet: 

 Pages S5411–12 

Privileges of the Floor: Page S5412 

Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. 

(Total—184) Pages S5353, S5355 

Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and 

adjourned at 7:07 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 26, 2012. (For Senate’s program, see the 

remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s 

Record on page S5413.) 


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D772 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST July 25, 2012 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NUCLEAR WEAPON DETERRENT 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy 

and Water Development concluded a hearing to examine the proper size of the nuclear weapons stockpile to maintain a credible U.S. deterrent, after receiving testimony from General James E. Cartwright, USMC, (Ret.), former Vice Chairman, Joint 

Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, and Thomas 

R. Pickering, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, both of Global Zero United States 

Nuclear Policy Commission, and Keith B. Payne, 

Missouri State University Graduate Department of 

Defense and Strategic Studies, all of Washington, 

D.C. 

IMPACT OF SEQUESTRATION ON 

EDUCATION 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 

Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine the impact of sequestration on education, after receiving testimony from Arne Duncan, 

Secretary of Education; June Atkinson, North Carolina State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Raleigh; Billy Walker, Randolph Field Independent 

School District, Universal City, Texas; Neal 

McCluskey, Cato Institute Center for Educational 

Freedom, Washington, D.C.; and Tammy L. Mann, 

The Campagna Center, Alexandria, Virginia. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Sean Sullivan, of 

Connecticut, to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear 

Facilities Safety Board, and 878 nominations in the 

Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. 

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 

Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 

International Space Station, focusing on research, collaboration, and discovery, after receiving testimony 

from William H. Gerstenmaier, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, and 

Donald R. Pettit, Astronaut, both of the National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration; Thomas 

Reiter, European Space Agency, Paris, France; and 

James D. Royston, Center for the Advancement of 

Science and Space, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. 

SHORT-SUPPLY PRESCRIPTION DRUGS 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 

Committee concluded a hearing to examine shortsupply prescription drugs, after receiving testimony 

from Representative Cummings; Virginia Herold, 

California State Board of Pharmacy Executive Officer, Sacramento; David Mayhaus, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; 

John M. Gray, Healthcare Distribution Management 

Association, Arlington, Virginia; John Coster, National Community Pharmacists Association, Alexandria, Virginia; and Patricia Earl, National Coalition 

of Pharmaceutical Distributors, Bowling Green, 

Ohio. 

WATER USE EFFICIENCY 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power concluded an oversight hearing to examine the role of water use efficiency and its impact on energy use, after receiving 

testimony from Henry L. Green, National Institute 

of Building Sciences, Washington, D.C.; Daniel W. 

Bena, PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, New York; Russ 

Chaney, International Association of Plumbing and 

Mechanical Officials, Ontario, California; and Mary 

Ann Dickinson, Alliance for Water Efficiency, Chicago, Illinois. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: 

S. 847, to amend the Toxic Substances Control 

Act to ensure that risks from chemicals are adequately understood and managed, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; 

S. 357, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 

to identify and declare wildlife disease emergencies 

and to coordinate rapid response to those emergencies, with an amendment; 

S. 810, to prohibit the conducting of invasive research on great apes, with an amendment; 

S. 1494, to reauthorize and amend the National 

Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, 

with an amendment; 

S. 2071, to grant the Secretary of the Interior permanent authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps; 

S. 2156, to amend the Migratory Bird Hunting 

and Conservation Stamp Act to permit the Secretary 

of the Interior, in consultation with the Migratory 

Bird Conservation Commission, to set prices for Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation 

Stamps and make limited waivers of stamp requirements for certain users, with an amendment; 

S. 2282, to extend the authorization of appropriations to carry out approved wetlands conservation 

projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017; 


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